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<h3>PAUSE(2)            Linux Programmer's Manual            PAUSE(2)
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<h3>NAME
</h3>       pause - wait for signal

<h3>SYNOPSIS
</h3>       #include&lt;unistd.h&gt;

       int pause(void);

<h3>DESCRIPTION
</h3>       pause  causes  the  process  to  sleep  until  a signal is
       received.

<h3>RETURN VALUE
</h3>       pause always returns -1, and errno is set  to  ERESTARTNO-
       HAND.

<h3>ERRORS
</h3>       EINTR   signal was received.

<h3>CONFORMING TO
</h3>       SVID, AT&T, POSIX, X/OPEN, BSD 4.3

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<h3>SEE ALSO
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<a href=kill.htm>kill</a>, 
<a href=select.htm>select</a>, 
<a href=signal.htm>signal</a>, 
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<h3>Linux                     March 28, 1992                        1
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